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…for Rangers today since they traveled this morning to Buffalo. What this means is I might not have an update on the defensive situation or who’s starting in goal until later. I’ll let you all know when I have something.

…I didn’t even notice that Michal Rozsival was kept out of practice today with a hip flexor. The defenseman is now day-to-day, and that means we very well might be seeing Darius Kasparaitis make his season debut tomorrow night against the Sabres. This will all be decided tomorrow, naturally, probably…

Good news, bad news for the Rangers: The bad news is the snow storm in Buffalo has forced the Rangers to wait until tomorrow to head upstate, thus forcing them to play a game on a travel day. The good news? One less night in Buffalo. Anyway, as expected, much…

Someone might want to fill them in up there that it’s still October. Meanwhile, maybe that’s one way to avoid a loss to the formidable Sabres tomorrow night. The Rangers just won’t go. In other news, “here’s my story from last night’s Garden debacle”:http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061013/SPORTS01/610130400/1034/SPORTS There’s a lot to discuss. I’m…

The question I didn’t ask, but probably should have asked, is this: Would you rather lose a game by looking like you don’t care, or by looking like you don’t know what you’re doing? Granted, that’s an oversimplification of what happened here against the Penguins, but it’s still probably accurate.…

Rangers 0, Penguins 0. A couple of quick hits: — There doesn’t seem to be reason to be concerned about Jagr. The Big Fella had been trying out new skates this morning, and obviously something was again bothering him in that department at the end of the first period. Good…

I’m not sure if this is setting a bad precedent or not, but one of you requested that I ask Tom Renney about using Thomas Pock on the power play, and I did just now in our pre-game scrum with the coach outside the Rangers’ locker room. I’d like to…

I realize I said the other day that Colton Orr was a possibility against the Flyers, but this time I’m certain of it. OK, not certain, but pretty sure. Tom Renney said Orr’s going to play, so unless the coach is making a habit of toying with us, count on…

To commemorate Sidney Crosby’s arrival at the Garden tonight, my 16-month-old son and I marveled this morning at some of his highlights on the “Penguins’ Web site”:http://www.pittsburghpenguins.com/multimedia/pplayer.php?rep=1551 (OK, I marveled. My little boy just tried to eat the keyboard). From purely a hockey player’s perspective, I’m excited to see how…

Apparently the defenseman’s sour mood after his on-ice conditioning test today came with a reason. Working out for Rangers assistant Mike Pelino, Kasparaitis’ sprint times were several seconds slower than those of both Colton Orr and Sandis Ozolinsh — a pairing that is not exactly Bure and Fedorov in their…

…consider today’s odd sequence with Darius Kasparaitis, the injured defenseman who has been out of the lineup for the first three games of the year. At almost every juncture over the past two weeks, the subject of Kasparaitis’ availability has been discussed either with Tom Renney or with Kasparaitis himself.…

Part of the reason my employers pay me the exorbitant salary that they do is because of my knack for uncanny insights. For instance: Peter Forsberg is really good. And also: if the Rangers want to win, they need to play better than they did last night. I know, why…

— Not sure if you can panic just yet, but I think I saw the Rangers’ training staff sewing the No. 2 on the back of a jersey after the game. — I know, you’re all sick of Brian Leetch talk. But be honest: isn’t the idea slightly more palatable…

The Rangers have Thomas Pock! The guy scores a goal, carries the puck out of trouble in the defensive end, even mixes it up behind the net. If we’re lucky, maybe he’ll even play the organ in between periods. Seriously, pretty good stuff from a guy who is supposed to…

David Wright, Paul LoDuca, Chris Woodward, and notorious hockey fan Tom Glavine. Maybe Tom Renney can plug them in on the power play, since right now, the Rangers’ unit is awful. For those of you scoring at home, they’ve now gone 10 man-advantages without a goal this season, and I’m…